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Posted on 03/17/2026 6:18:30 AM PDT by V_TWIN
The noise that spooked spring breakers at Daytona Beach and caused a massive stampede over the weekend was not gunshots, the sheriff revealed Monday.
The panic-causing sound had a much more mundane origin: people crushing water bottles.
“There were zero gunshots on the beach,” Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said Monday after video showing hundreds of terrified beachgoers fleeing for their lives went viral.
Chitwood added that there were 50 deputies in the crowd.
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“Water bottles”?! Makes sense. Some people are scared of water 🤣
Ferals spook easily. 😏
The Gods Must Be Crazy
I remember that movie!
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He said “Spooked” 😉
If bullets are flying hotel rules don’t apply 😁
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...or a misunderstood baby ruth bar floating in the shallow end...
That was a wonderful movie!
“Chitwood said all of the spring breakers taken into custody in the wake of the weekend rush were “absolutely polite and understood why they were being arrested.”
If that’s the case, then why did the idiots of rich parents attending expensive education facilities understand they shouldn’t do what they did? Or is that too much to ask for them to be humane and thoughtful? They ought to make mummsy and Da to pay a stiff price and let them figure out how to get it back from their spoiled stupid kids.
This is one of those times that since some were arrested and under 18, their record will be purged when they become legal adults. They made a choice, it was illegal, and they knew it at the time. And they wee free to not do it and if they could they shouldn’t be allowed to go there. Record should stay in tact.
wy69
Living 80 miles from Daytona I’ve spent some time there usually for NASCAR races or bike week.
Over the years I’ve had a few encounters with Daytona law enforcement and I can assure they are not to be trifled with.
Think about it, spring break drunks, bikers, nascar rednecks and run of the mill tourists.
So there’s always some large contingency down there pretty much year round.
IOW, they don’t take sht.
The movie that made Botswana famous. A friend of mine did a tour as a Dr. there for the UN. Poor was an understatement. They were very poor until they boycott of South Africa when many multinational corporations moved there to get out of South Africa.
Maybe it was that yute with a Father’s Day card?
“absolutely polite and understood why they were being arrested.”
No freaking way.
“Ferals spook easily.”
You are witnessing “evolution” in action. A herd of African Americans stampedes after one of them thought they heard a LION. These instincts have served this community well, and today vast herds are seen globally.
Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood
That would be Jr. Like his dad, he like the publicity. Apparently, in Florida the local popo overlap with the sheriff dept.
His dad was Chief of the Portland Maine Police Department from 1988 to 2005. I knew him during has last 4 years in Portland.
“Apparently, in Florida the local popo overlap with the sheriff dept.”
I think it depends on the county.....in mine we have a sheriff’s dept......that’s it.
50 deputies in the crowd?
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